very simple question ... i know with hard drives the red line should be on the side of the power connector, but i am not sure how it works w/ floppies. i had some that crapped out me no matter which ...

The various drives for the computer are installed in areas of the case known as drive bays. You then connect ribbon and power cables to them. The ribbon cables also plug into the motherboard.

Well, I've got a 486 (alright stop laughing because it's not my main computer). It's mainly used for net programs, ICQ, Outlook, etc; and wordproccessing in Word. Anyways I was cleaning the machine ...